GIVING SHOWS

These are the things that giving shows:

HOW FOCUSED WE ARE INDIVIDUALLY

HOW LOVING WE ARE

HOW COMMITTED WE ARE

HOW GREEDY WE ARE

HOW WILLING WE ARE FOR GOD’S WORK TO BE DONE

HOW WE CARE ABOUT GOD’S WORKERS AND THE NEEDY (I.E. DO WE HAVE THE HEART OF JESUS?)

HOW GENEROUS WE ARE

WHAT WE GIVE, NOT WHAT WE DON’T OR CAN’T GIVE

WHAT PLACE THE SPIRIT HAS IN OUR LIVES (Martyn Lloyd-Jones commented on why the early Christians met so much. They did not want to miss out on what the Holy Spirit was going to do in the assembly.)

WHEN WE ARE READY TO ACT FOR GOD (LIKE THE MINUTEMEN)

WHERE OUR HEART IS (IT SHOWS WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT)

WHO WE ARE

WHERE WE’VE BEEN (at work) AND WHERE WE’RE GOING (to heaven)

WHY WE ARE LIVING

God sees the heart. Taking these things into account, what do you want Him to see when you give, both in the offering plate and in help to your neighbors?